Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

In Proverbs the Bible says, "Where there is no vision the people perish." With no vision in your organization, you perish; you can't make payroll, your team becomes just employees, morale goes down, turnover goes up, sales go down. Values often influence people's choices about where to invest their energies. Be realistic.

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Mark Sanborn

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Do young employees buy into “we want to do good and change the world” as sincere or do they see it as phony cause marketing, more about being profitable than truly doing good. The greatest power of a servant leader is the example given to others. Or do they espouse higher values as primarily a means of higher profits?

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Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 23, 2009

Without trust, you get nowhere.&# – Jack Trout “Everything in marketing points to the reality that the profitable companies are those that have earned the confidence of their public. Followers trust it’s the right direction. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

MARCH 7, 2019

Sonnenberg: Did you ever notice that when you’re in the market for a new car, you seem to notice car ads more than usual? For example, if you believe you’re going to be successful , you’re going to view your prospects differently than if you think people like me never stand a chance. Additional Reading: Moral Character Matters.

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Advice Learning-by-Doing Blog Morale 81

Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

I have a history of going a little overboard with the “healthy physical habits” – for example, weekly fasting or excessive training for athletic competitions, etc. You can’t drive your vehicle on an empty tank, nor can you lead your life or teams with zero energy. I’m not talking about surface level excitement or energy.

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Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Bright minds spend considerable time and energy drawing up ambitious plans for things like market share growth and increased revenue generation — only to watch staff put out fires all day rather than work on the strategy which will prevent most fires in the first place. They just don’t do it.”.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Here’s a simple example: If someone always corners you by the coffee pot, bring your own coffee or go to a different pot. When you personalize the topic, situation or negative energy, you make it harder to respond in a more positive way. Your first reaction may be that you can’t do that. It likely isn’t about you.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 18, 2015

These disparities are also among the biggest misperceptions that both online and offline marketers hold. Far too many companies are churning out traditional sales lingo laced with fluff and vague, or entirely overinflated, claims, spending paltry little time and energy establishing credibility with prospective customers.

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Tim Milburn

OCTOBER 2, 2013

It narrates an engaging story about accountability in an energy-cogenerating firm called AES. Too often, managers demand diligence about the wrong things: filling out forms is one glaring example. The best firms are diligent about uncommon things — for example, asking creative questions.

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Steve Farber

AUGUST 12, 2016

In the years since my first book, The Radical Leap , was first published, I’ve heard from countless business people about the importance of LEAP (cultivate Love, generate Energy, inspire Audacity, and provide Proof) in their own endeavors at work. Introduction. Now that’s what gets me out of bed in the morning.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2018

About two-thirds of agile practitioners report higher team morale, increased productivity, greater ability to manage changing priorities, and faster time to market than they were experiencing before. The energy, commitment, and collaboration among team members was a revelation. So, take the initiative.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2010

The Energy Challenge. Today, Seth Godin examines the challenge of marketing to the world's poor. So a drip irrigation system, for example, may pay off by creating two or three harvests a year instead of one. Its success will depend on the ability to create a market for the idea. The $300 House: The Challenge. Everything.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Sales were declining, bankruptcy rumors were swirling, and employee morale had never been lower. If you are ready to stir the pot and lead by example, Soup is a fun and engaging story that supplies you with the tools you need to build a winning team – at work, school, or home. I call these folks ‘energy vampires.’

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Gordon Energy Bottom-up Newsletter 57

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2011

Containing hundreds of practical examples, checklists, forms, and diagrams to enhance your understanding of project management, the book skillfully guides you through the four critical phases of the project life cycle: initiation, planning, execution and closure. So keep your team happy by rewarding and recognizing them for their successes.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

It narrates an engaging story about accountability in an energy-cogenerating firm called AES. Too often, managers demand diligence about the wrong things: filling out forms is one glaring example. The best firms are diligent about uncommon things -- for example, asking creative questions.

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Waterman Follow-up Automotive Learning-by-Doing 55

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

By the way, employee performance and morale at Wal-Mart is near all time lows… Diversity mandates just don’t work… Talent begets talent and blending occurs naturally when good decisions are made for the right reasons. You meant that to be funny, right, injecting some levity into this serious post?

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

When that need isn’t met, our natural response is to focus energy toward a showdown with the perceived threat. Cultivating this trust isn’t just a moral issue; it’s a practical one. Carl, a self-made success and CEO of a venture-backed software company, is a great example. Feeling safe is a primal human need. Carl had a Ph.D.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 27, 2011

And an employee in marketing is furious about being passed over for a promotion in favor of her coworker and is trying to discredit her. These are just a couple of examples of the workplace conflicts that take up 42 percent of the typical manager’s time. Disagreements, disputes, and honest differences are normal in any workplace.

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Tips Learning-by-Doing Construction Project 62

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2011

For example, if you knew you were corrupting the youth of your community, you'd know that you were making your community a worse place to live. They would see that exploiting children in far-off lands creates an unstable supply chain and hurts their future markets. The Shared Value article is chock-a-block with examples where it does.

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Porter Morale Supply Chain Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Hoping to alleviate their concerns, this article also provides concrete examples of how sustainability benefits the bottom line. These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

When that need isn’t met, our natural response is to focus energy toward a showdown with the perceived threat. Cultivating this trust isn’t just a moral issue; it’s a practical one. Carl, a self-made success and CEO of a venture-backed software company, is a great example. Feeling safe is a primal human need. Carl had a Ph.D.

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Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 50

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 10, 2011

These wise words should be the mantra for every organization hiring from today’s overcrowded job market. If, for example, you need someone to work Saturdays and a particular applicant is unable to do so, why would you want to wait until he has come to your office and wasted your – and his – time to discover this?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

At the organizational level, they can decrease morale and fuel cynicism, especially if CEO pay climbs while average wages stall or grow more slowly, as they have in countries like the U.S., Among the crowd are some of the nation’s largest companies – CSL, Woodside Petroleum, AGL Energy, Boral, and Goodman Group.

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Execution Banking CEO Morale 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2015

She told the New York Times that paying above-market wages means the CEO is running Gravity “more as a charitable organization, because he could get people for less.” The IT department could get the least expensive computers and hosting services available, and marketing could buy the lowest-cost banner ads on the cheesiest sites.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2015

He challenged the current form of capitalism and made a powerful case for tackling climate change and inequality on moral and economic grounds (I’ve summarized his paper here and here ). The Pope is, at least nominally, the moral leader of 1.2 billion Roman Catholics around the world.

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Supply Chain Apparel Energy Price 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

I wasn’t struck so much by the question, but by the intense debate that followed: Some students of course argued strongly that working for these kinds of companies was a moral “sell out,” and that they shouldn’t lend their support to companies that mistreat the environment or produce destructive products.

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Company Chemicals Ethics Career 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2018

We are approaching the pursuit of work-life balance with the same obsessive (and oppressive) energy as we do our careers. Numerous studies support this — for example, the Journal of Consumer Research has published research showing that Americans associate busyness and stress with prestige and status.

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Stress Metrics Morale Goal 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

For example, a sales organization may be comprised of three areas that include North America, Asia-Pacific, and Europe/Middle East/Africa. The sales organization tends to blame the other areas of the organization (engineering, marketing, support, etc.) There is Energy and Esprit de Corps! Competitive but Cohesive Team.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2011

A young, inexperienced, but talented associate had what he thought was a plan for a powerful new marketing initiative. The story of the firing spread (as it always does) throughout the company, morale slipped, and the CMO never completely trusted his boss again. The CMO agreed, and the meeting took place. That guy’s an idiot.

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CEO How To Venture Capitalist Follow-up 57

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Generation Y, of which I'm a member, is entering the job market in record numbers, and according to many commentators things are not going well. We currently lack, for example, a good phrase for describing those tough first years on a job where you grind away at building up skills while being shoveled less-than-inspiring entry-level work.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

Capital markets, as a whole, are also moving in this direction. In his Theory of Moral Sentiments , Adam Smith argues that duty and sympathy are part of our very nature, and that because of our innate morality, we can live collaboratively in a just and harmonious society. We believe the answer is yes.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Many managers proudly describe the team-building initiatives they've pursued to create a sense of staff cohesion and morale. Such executives base their efforts to build team strength on the answers to two fundamental questions: Where do I need to spend my time and focus my energies? Don't get me wrong.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Those who expend a great deal of energy repressing themselves are also more likely to say that they are being promoted quickly. Previous CTI research found repression not only impacts employee engagement and morale, but can have serious ramifications for a company’s brand and bottom line. trillion within the next four years.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

This may seem like a regional story, but it has global ramifications for manufacturing, consumer goods, the energy industry, and much more. The clean tech markets keep growing fast: three of the world’s biggest economies — the U.S., Germany, and Walmart — add lots more renewable energy.

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Supply Chain McKinsey Apparel Energy 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2017

But when managers favor one employee over another, morale and productivity suffer. ” He suggests asking a colleague from another department or division to sit in on one of your team meetings and “give you feedback on where you’re focusing your energy and attention.” Find something you have in common.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2011

My contention, though, is that in looking at some of the beguilements — moral, even existential — beckoning to consultants over the last two decades, and at what we know about how Gupta responded to them, we might possibly begin to better understand how he could have gotten himself into the current mess.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2014

Teams are composed of individuals with diverging needs related to morale, motivation, and clarity — all of which lead to varying degrees of performance. Being a very successful programmer, salesperson, or engineer, for example, is no guarantee that someone will be even remotely adept at managing others. When Gallup asked U.S.

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